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Date: April 18, 2022
To: City Clerk c/o Council Open Time Prior to Closed Session From: Craig K Murray, DPM II x8188
RE: Public Comments – Open Session Prior to Closed Session
• My name is Craig K. Murray. I have been a Development Project Manager II for the City of Richmond since 2002 and proud Mid-Manager Union member of IFPTE Local 21.
• Public Employers are expected to perform Salary Surveys through a document called a Class and Compensation Study every three to five years • Here in Richmond during my time served it has been over 21 years for a Class and Compensation Study to be performed for the Mid Managers • City Staff found out on June 24, 2022 that a Class and Compensation Study was hidden by the then former HR Director for over a year from June 2021 to June 2022 when the former Mayor released a copy of the document with comments via a personal E forum
• There are basic standards for Civil Service and a Class and Compensation Study is a standard document and an industry survey document to keep things relevant and competitive. It helps keep the truth in Richmond and helps in comparing Richmond to each of its comparable cities
• Richmond’s Mid Managers have been very patient even when serving directly in City Hall during the Pandemic and taking on additional duties from other Mid Managers leaving service and in certain circumstances have taken on duties from Senior Management to make sure that programs and projects advanced and the City was sound and on good ground financially and operationally • Mid Managers have seen City Manager and other classifications receive regular, annual surveys to keep salaries and work loads current
• An Impasse in Negotiations is upon us and a call out to an outside third party, a State Mediator, to look inside and determine what is Fair and Just is one of the possible actions
• It has now been years since the City released its Class and Compensation Study released which showed us all that Richmond employees are paid far below the market rate. And it has only gotten worse since the findings were released. • It has severely negatively impacted the City’s ability to recruit and retain skilled employees.
• I continue to work for the City of Richmond despite our pay inequity because I have confidence that those serving Richmond will do the right thing. • General Public can track salaries and benefits of individual employees throughout Richmond and California on the website Transparent California • It is easy to compare salaries and the available data online for those that serve the public and those that have moved from year to year
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• I prioritize the City of Richmond and its residents and dedicate my work to Richmond’s success.
• But as this process continues the City is not prioritizing its own employees. • The City asked us to review over one hundred new class specifications and we did. We continue to ask for information to assist us in reaching an agreement and we do not receive it. We consider and thoughtfully respond to the City’s proposals and then do not receive proposals in turn.
• We need the City Council to stand up for Richmond Workers and tell the City’s negotiators to come to the table and work with us to find a way to implement the class and compensation study that will actually address the inequities that we know exist.
• Thank you for prioritizing the workers that make Richmond work.
In Spanish:
• Mi nombre es Craig K. Murray. He sido Gerente de Proyectos de Desarrollo II para la Ciudad de Richmond desde 2002 y orgulloso miembro del Sindicato de Gerentes Medios de IFPTE Local 21.
• Se espera que los Empleadores Públicos realicen Encuestas Salariales a través de un documento llamado Estudio de Clase y Compensación cada tres a cinco años • Aquí en Richmond, durante mi tiempo de servicio, han pasado más de 21 años para que se realice un estudio de clase y compensación para los gerentes intermedios. • El personal de la ciudad descubrió el 24 de junio de 2022 que el entonces exdirector de recursos humanos ocultó un estudio de clase y compensación durante más de un año, desde junio de 2021 hasta junio de 2022, cuando el exalcalde publicó una copia del documento con comentarios a través de un correo electrónico personal. foro • Existen estándares básicos para el Servicio Civil y un Estudio de Clase y Compensación es un documento estándar y un documento de encuesta de la industria para mantener las cosas relevantes y competitivas. Ayuda a mantener la verdad en Richmond y ayuda a comparar Richmond con cada una de sus ciudades comparables. : Local 21 CC Comments Email Class Comp 4 18 23
• Los Gerentes intermedios de Richmond han sido muy pacientes incluso cuando se desempeñaban directamente en el Ayuntamiento durante la pandemia y asumían funciones adicionales de otros Gerentes intermedios que dejaban el servicio y, en ciertas circunstancias, asumieron funciones de la Gerencia superior para asegurarse de que los programas y proyectos avanzaran y el La ciudad estaba sólida y en buen terreno financiera y operativamente
• Los gerentes intermedios han visto que el administrador de la ciudad y otras clasificaciones reciben encuestas anuales periódicas para mantener actualizados los salarios y las cargas de trabajo.
• Estamos en un impasse en las negociaciones y una de las posibles acciones es llamar a un tercero externo, un mediador estatal, para mirar dentro y determinar qué es justo y justo. • Han pasado años desde que la Ciudad publicó su Estudio de Clase y Compensación que nos mostró que a todos los empleados de Richmond se les paga muy por debajo de la tasa de mercado. Y solo ha empeorado desde que se publicaron los hallazgos. • Ha tenido un impacto negativo severo en la capacidad de la Ciudad para reclutar y retener empleados calificados.
• Continúo trabajando para la Ciudad de Richmond a pesar de nuestra desigualdad salarial porque confío en que aquellos que sirven a Richmond harán lo correcto. • El público en general puede realizar un seguimiento de los salarios y beneficios de los empleados individuales en Richmond y California en el sitio web Transparent California • Es fácil comparar los salarios y los datos disponibles en línea para aquellos que atienden al público y aquellos que se han mudado de un año a otro
• Doy prioridad a la Ciudad de Richmond y sus residentes y dedico mi trabajo al éxito de Richmond.
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• Pero a medida que continúa este proceso, la Ciudad no está priorizando a sus propios empleados.
• La Ciudad nos pidió que revisáramos más de cien especificaciones de clases nuevas y lo hicimos. Seguimos pidiendo información que nos ayude a llegar a un acuerdo y no la recibimos. Consideramos y respondemos cuidadosamente a las propuestas de la Ciudad y luego no recibimos propuestas a su vez.
• Necesitamos que el Concejo Municipal defienda a los Trabajadores de Richmond y les diga a los negociadores de la Ciudad que se sienten a la mesa y trabajen con nosotros para encontrar una manera de implementar el estudio de clase y compensación que realmente aborde las desigualdades que sabemos que existen.
• Gracias por dar prioridad a los trabajadores que hacen que Richmond funcione.
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From: Shane Johnson
To: City Clerk Dept User
Subject: Public Comments – Open Session prior to Closed Session Date: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 12:57:55 PM
Hello Mayor Martinez and Councilmembers,
My name is Shane Johnson and I’m a Senior Administrative Analyst in the City Manager’s Office and a member of Local 21. I hoped to be able to provide my comments in person via Zoom today, but my work priorities dictated otherwise. I am hopeful that my message will still be received with the same encouraging spirit!
I am joining my fellow coworkers to ask that the City Council direct the City’s negotiation team to provide a response to the Union’s most recent proposal. Doing so will allow us to move forward with a resolution that will ultimately result in the implementation of the City’s Class and Comp Study - bringing our union workers closer to a more competitive salary. A more competitive salary directly correlates with the successful recruitment and RETENTION of highly qualified candidates. We give our best here in Richmond and, therefore, can reasonably expect to receive the very best from our leadership.
Our Local 21 members are asking for the City Council and the City leadership to work with us to get the Class and Comp Study implemented. Let’s give the City’s morale a boost by boosting the salaries.
Thank you,
Shané Johnson
City Manager’s Office
450 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 300
Richmond, CA 94804
510-620-6512
510-620-6542 fax
From: Cordell Hindler
To: City Clerk Dept User
Subject: public comments- Open Forum
Date: Thursday, April 13, 2023 4:22:50 PM
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Hello Mayor Martinez, Council Members and Staff
I Am forwarding some comments for the record.
1. I am in Support of V.6.a- V.6.h that the Office of the Mayor has on the Consent Calendar
2. For a Future Meeting, the Council Should Consider Reinstating the Agenda & Rules and the Finance Committee in Lined with the City of Berkeley
Sincerely
Cordell
From: Bruce Beyaert
To: City Clerk Dept User; Soheila Bana; Claudia Jimenez; Eduardo Martinez; Gayle McLaughlin; Doria Robinson; Melvin Willis; Cesar Zepeda
Cc: Lina Velasco; Jesus Morales; Bruce Brubaker; Robert Prinz; Najari Smith; Daniel Lanis; Nicola Szibbo Subject: Public Comments - Agenda Item V.2 Purchase of K-rails for Bay Trail Detour of Castro Encampment Date: Saturday, April 15, 2023 6:34:04 PM
Attachments: RichBT LR123120.pdf
48Barriers.pdf
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Mayor Martinez and City Councillors,
Please approve on Consent Calendar this Tuesday night the purchase of K-rails needed for a temporary Bay Trail detour of the Castro Street encampment. As stated in the attached agenda report, this will have no effect on General Fund.
As shown on the attached map, the Castro Street encampment has straddled and blocked the spine San Francisco Bay Trail between Pennsylvania and Gertrude Avenues for more than two years. This means that Richmond residents from neighborhoods to the South ranging from the Iron Triangle and Atchison Village to Point Richmond haven’t been able to safely bicycle or walk the Bay Trail to reach Point Pinole Regional Shoreline or Atlas Road employment centers such as Amazon, Whole Foods and UPS. Conversely, North Richmond residents haven’t been able to safely bicycle or walk to Macdonald Avenue employment sites such as Kaiser Permanente and Social Security Administration or to recreate at The Plunge and Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline.
This detour will make it safer for residents of Richmond and other Bay Area cities to cycle and walk this stretch of spine San Francisco Bay Trail pending the eventual clean up of this site.
Bruce
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Bruce Beyaert, TRAC Chair
[email protected]
tel. 510-235-2835
http://www.pointrichmond.com/baytrail/
http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/109/TRAC
Photos: https://sfbaytrailinrichmond.shutterfly.com/pictures/5 .
April 18, 2023
Community Development
DATE: April 18, 2023
TO: Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council
FROM:
Lina Velasco, Director of Community Development
Jesus Morales, Housing Manager
Subject: Purchase of K-rails with Gawk Screens for Temporary Bay Trail Detour at Castro Encampment
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The costs associated with this purchase will be paid for using the City’s $4.8 million Encampment Resolution
Funding received from the California Interagency Council on Homelessness (Cal ICH) as the temporary Bay Trail
detour is needed to allow for the fencing of the Castro Encampment. Therefore, this purchase will not have an
impact on the City’s General Fund. Account string
15061219-400201-16G07.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:
N/A
STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
Public Works and Community Development are
requesting City Council approval to purchase K-rails with gawk screens for the temporary Bay Trail detour
proposed adjacent to the Castro Vehicle encampment.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
APPROVE the purchase of K-rails with gawk screens
from 48Barriers, in an amount not to exceed $41,129.75, which includes a 15 percent contingency of $5,364.75 –
Community Development Department (Lina
Velasco/Jesus Morales 510-620-6649).
AGENDA
REPORT
April 18, 2023
DISCUSSION:
K-rails and gawk screens are needed to allow for a temporary detour of the San Francisco Bay Trail that traverses the Castro Encampment to run along the Castro Street frontage, while the encampment is being resolved. The temporary detour has been discussed with Trails for Richmond Action Committee (TRAC) and ABAG Bay Trail staff.
Three quotes were obtained from 48Barriers, Statewide Traffic Safety and Signs, and First Vanguard Rentals and Sales (Attachment 1). 48Barriers was the only firm that could provide the exact product the City was seeking for this project.
48Barriers provided a quote for the purchase and delivery of K-rails and gawk screens for a total of $35,765 (Attachment 2). City staff is requesting a 15 percent contingency of $5,364.75, for a total purchase amount of $41,129.75, to allow for any change orders and/or price changes at the time of delivery.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1 – Quote Memo, dated March 28, 2023
Attachment 2 – Quote, dated January 18, 2023